Pit Lane F1
Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2020-11-29
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:27.264 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.289s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) missed the cut by 0.531s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.354s — pole to P10 — with Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:28.343 | 1:27.586 | 1:27.264 | 1:27.264 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:28.767 | 1:28.063 | 1:27.553 | +0.289 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:28.885 | 1:28.025 | 1:27.678 | +0.414 |
| 4 |
| 23Alexander Albon |
| Red Bull |
| 1:28.732 |
| 1:28.749 |
| 1:28.274 |
| +1.010 |
| 5 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Racing Point | 1:29.178 | 1:28.894 | 1:28.322 | +1.058 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:29.005 | 1:28.648 | 1:28.417 | +1.153 |
| 7 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:29.203 | 1:28.937 | 1:28.419 | +1.155 |
| 8 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:28.971 | 1:29.008 | 1:28.448 | +1.184 |
| 9 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:29.464 | 1:28.877 | 1:28.542 | +1.278 |
| 10 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:29.158 | 1:28.944 | 1:28.618 | +1.354 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:29.142 | 1:29.149 | — | +1.885 |
| 12 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:29.137 | 1:29.165 | — | +1.901 |
| 13 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:28.679 | 1:29.557 | — | +2.293 |
| 14 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:29.294 | 1:31.218 | — | +3.954 |
| 15 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:28.975 | — | — | +1.711 |
| 16 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:29.491 | — | — | +2.227 |
| 17 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:29.810 | — | — | +2.546 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:30.111 | — | — | +2.847 |
| 19 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:30.138 | — | — | +2.874 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:30.182 | — | — | +2.918 |